Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to burrow
Participle: burrowed
Gerund: burrowing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | burrow |
| you | burrow |
| he;she;it | burrows |
| we | burrow |
| you | burrow |
| they | burrow |
Perfect
| I | have burrowed |
| you | have burrowed |
| he;she;it | has burrowed |
| we | have burrowed |
| you | have burrowed |
| they | have burrowed |
Past
| I | burrowed |
| you | burrowed |
| he;she;it | burrowed |
| we | burrowed |
| you | burrowed |
| they | burrowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had burrowed |
| you | had burrowed |
| he;she;it | had burrowed |
| we | had burrowed |
| you | had burrowed |
| they | had burrowed |
Future
| I | will burrow |
| you | will burrow |
| he;she;it | will burrow |
| we | will burrow |
| you | will burrow |
| they | will burrow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have burrowed |
| you | will have burrowed |
| he;she;it | will have burrowed |
| we | will have burrowed |
| you | will have burrowed |
| they | will have burrowed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | burrow |
| you | burrow |
| he;she;it | burrow |
| we | burrow |
| you | burrow |
| they | burrow |
Perfect
| I | have burrowed |
| you | have burrowed |
| he;she;it | have burrowed |
| we | have burrowed |
| you | have burrowed |
| they | have burrowed |
Imperfect
| I | burrowed |
| you | burrowed |
| he;she;it | burrowed |
| we | burrowed |
| you | burrowed |
| they | burrowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had burrowed |
| you | had burrowed |
| he;she;it | had burrowed |
| we | had burrowed |
| you | had burrowed |
| they | had burrowed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would burrow |
| you | would burrow |
| he;she;it | would burrow |
| we | would burrow |
| you | would burrow |
| they | would burrow |
Perfect
| I | would have burrowed |
| you | would have burrowed |
| he;she;it | would have burrowed |
| we | would have burrowed |
| you | would have burrowed |
| they | would have burrowed |
Imperative
| you | burrow |
| we | Let's burrow |
| you | burrow |
Verbs conjugated like 'burrow'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'burrow'
borrow,
furrow,
arrow,
betrow,
borrowe,
brow,
burr,
farrow,
harrow,
marrow,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "rabbit-hole, fox-hole, etc.," c.1360, from O.E. burgh "stronghold, fortress" (see borough); influenced by bergh "hill," and berwen "to defend, take refuge." The verb is first attested 1771.
2. From Middle English borowe, borewe, borwȝ, burȝe, burh, burye (“refuge for an animal, lair, burrow”), apparently a variant of Middle English burgh (“fortified dwelling, stronghold, refuge”) (see borough) and thus from Old English burh, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), but this sense is not known in Old English burh. Compare, however, Dutch cognate burcht, which has a similar sense.
3. It may be related to bury (“to dig”), in which case it would be derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect, defend, save, preserve”).
Sample Sentences
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[...] mechanics working at their trades, and people leaning from their doors and windows, and boys flying kites and playing marbles, and men smoking, and women talking, and children crawling, and pigs burrowing, and unaccustomed horses plunging and rearing, close to the very rails—there—on, on, on—tears the mad dragon of an engine with its train of cars; scattering in all directions a shower of burning [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)